RNA-sequencing of a mouse-model of spinal muscular atrophy reveals tissue-wide changes in splicing of U12-dependent introns

Doktor, T. K., Hua, Y., Andersen, H. S., Broner, S., Liu, Y. H., Wieckowska, A., Dembic, M., Bruun, G. H., Krainer, A. R., Andresen, B. S. (January 2017) RNA-sequencing of a mouse-model of spinal muscular atrophy reveals tissue-wide changes in splicing of U12-dependent introns. Nucleic Acids Res, 45 (1). pp. 395-416. ISSN 1362-4962 (Electronic)0305-1048 (Linking)

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URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27557711
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw731

Abstract

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a neuromuscular disorder caused by insufficient levels of the Survival of Motor Neuron (SMN) protein. SMN is expressed ubiquitously and functions in RNA processing pathways that include trafficking of mRNA and assembly of snRNP complexes. Importantly, SMA severity is correlated with decreased snRNP assembly activity. In particular, the minor spliceosomal snRNPs are affected, and some U12-dependent introns have been reported to be aberrantly spliced in patient cells and animal models. SMA is characterized by loss of motor neurons, but the underlying mechanism is largely unknown. It is likely that aberrant splicing of genes expressed in motor neurons is involved in SMA pathogenesis, but increasing evidence indicates that pathologies also exist in other tissues. We present here a comprehensive RNA-seq study that covers multiple tissues in an SMA mouse model. We show elevated U12-intron retention in all examined tissues from SMA mice, and that U12-dependent intron retention is induced upon siRNA knock-down of SMN in HeLa cells. Furthermore, we show that retention of U12-dependent introns is mitigated by ASO treatment of SMA mice and that many transcriptional changes are reversed. Finally, we report on missplicing of several Ca2+ channel genes that may explain disrupted Ca2+ homeostasis in SMA and activation of Cdk5.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > introns > intron splicing
Investigative techniques and equipment > assays > RNA-seq
diseases & disorders > congenital hereditary genetic diseases > spinal muscular atrophy
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Communities: CSHL labs > Krainer lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 9 January 2017
Date Deposited: 26 Aug 2016 21:26
Last Modified: 08 Nov 2017 15:07
PMCID: PMC5224493
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/33399

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